• lowleveldata
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    2 months ago

    But what if the human form is a prerequisite for evolving into the space age? We wouldn’t need so many tools if we were strong as a crab to begin with

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      I’ve never seen a crab measure thousandths of an inch, or back a Phillip’s head screw out of a hole with their crab strength. Tools are still required.

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        2 months ago

        I’ve seen a wasp unscrew a screw I thought was in pretty tight.

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        The premise is that they won’t invent advanced things such as screws because the survival pressure is less intense